Minister at First Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina; First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Tennessee; First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas (1895-1901); First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee; First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas (1910-1924).

Dr. Anderson was born Dec. 27, 1862 in Gibson County, Tennessee, the only son of William J. Anderson and Martha Anna Holmes Anderson. The Andersons moved to Trenton, Tenn., the county seat, when the boy was 3 years old and lived there until he was 17. He attended Peabody High School and came to Texas with his father after graduating there.

The lad's health had been bad in Tennessee, but under the bright Texas skies and clear atmosphere he improved so much that he went back to Tennessee to attend Southwestern Presbyterian University at Clarksville, where he studied for five years, receiving his Phd. D. and A. M. degrees. He took post-graduate work at Columbia, S. C. at the seminary there, and also in the State University.

Dr. Anderson's first pastorate was with the First Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina. While serving as pastor of this church he was married to Miss Aadie (sic) Knot Latta, his father performing the ceremony.

Four years after his service as pastor of a church he was called to the First Presbyterian Church at Jackson, Tenn. On Oct. 1, 1895, Dr. Anderson came to Dallas to take charge of the First Presbyterian Church. He served as pastor for five years and seven months, when he was called to the First Church of Nashville, Tenn.

Urged by the many friends he had made in Dallas during this stay here, Dr. Anderson returned to the First Presbyterian Church in June 1910. He led in the erection of a new building on South Harwood street, which is one of the finest church buildings in the city.
[Source: "Dr. Anderson Dies after Long Illness," Dallas Morning News April 6, 1924, Part 1, page 1]